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    South Asian Monitor is a flagship organization under ‘Media Watch’. We observe South Asia’s political, economic, cultural, social and strategic development. South Asian monitor aggregates news analysis, observational reports, in depth features and columns that is contributed by the prominent media person, columnist and thinkers of South Asia. This portal will be published in English as a common language and in Bengali, native language for a major group of people in this region (Bangladesh-West Bengal, Tripura and Assam). South Asian monitor will play a role where opinions regarding various events can be freely expressed. Conflicting opinions and views will co-exist together so that viewers know the truth from every angle. All the published report or column may not be the opinion of the South Asian Monitor.

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  • President Sirisena and PM Wickremesinghe take opposite stances on Lanka war crime allegations0

    Colombo Correspondent, March 8, 2019 The Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister are following different ideologies with regard to pledges made by it to the UN Human Right s Council (UNHRC) to investigate alleged war-time atrocities. The island nation’s President Maithripala Sirisena announced that he did not want to “re-open old wounds” and would formally

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  • Can Sk. Hasina retire?0

    Afsan Chowdhury, March 2, 2019 Giving an interview after her electoral win, Bangladesh’s PM Sk.Hasina said that this is going to be her last term in office – her fourth- and she would like to retire and go back to her village home.  It was met with various emotions including near panic in some Awami League

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  • Will rationality prevail in assessing Sri Lanka’s alleged ‘war crimes’?0

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    • February 28, 2019

    Colombo Correspondent, South Asian Monitor February 27, 2019 Prior to Sri Lanka’s case to be taken up in the UN Human Rights Council sessions in the days to come, the United Kingdom told the 40th Session of the UNHRC in Geneva Monday that they welcomed the decision of Sri Lankan Government to return more land

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  • Post-Pulwama: Kashmiri spirit and Indian instability, both on rise0

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    • February 25, 2019

    Agha Hussain, February 25, 201 14 February’s now-famous and destructive JeM-claimed Fidayeen attack on an Indian convoy killed 49 Indian troops in Pulwama, Kashmir and caused shockwaves across India. 4 Indian army personnel including a major along with one policeman were also killed in a clash with Kashmiri fighters in Pulwama two days after the

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  • Pakistan foreign minister briefs international community after Pulwama attack0

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    • February 25, 2019

    SAM Staff, February 25, 2019 Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday launched a diplomatic offensive, to counter any moves by India to isolate Islamabad, following the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. According to a Foreign Office spokesperson, the foreign minister’s initiative aims to “expose the baseless propaganda” by the Indian government

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  • After criticizing vote, US charts careful course on Bangladesh0

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    • February 12, 2019

    SAM Report, February 12, 2019 Bangladesh faced widespread international criticism over the conduct of recent elections, but the United States looks set for business as usual as it sees strong common interests with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As the eighth most populous nation in the world, with a moderate Muslim population that largely welcomes cooperation with

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  • Baloch resentment against Chinese ‘colonisation’ runs deep0

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    • January 26, 2019

    The security of Chinese citizens in Pakistan has become a concern for both nations. The Chinese are now targets of the religious extremists and the Baloch separatists, writes Aparna Rawal for South Asia Monitor By Aparna Rawal JAN 21, 2019 The continual subjugation and marginalization of the Baloch people by the Pakistani government has left

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  • Hasina bats for BRI, Indian anxiety goes up0

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    • January 26, 2019

    Hasina bats for BRI, Indian anxiety goes up | Southasian Monitor Afsan Chowdhury, January 25, 2019 “India is such a big country and economy, it should not worry about OBOR. Rather, it can also join so that all the countries can benefit economically,” Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently said in an interview to CNN-News18

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  • Unraveling Bangladesh’s cabinet puzzle: Less of India and more of China?0

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    • January 10, 2019

    By Irtiza Nasim Ali/South Asian Monitor The elections to Bangladesh’s national assembly were far from credible. And as if the election results were not shocking enough—the Awami League bagging 288 seats while the main opposition BNP only managing to win five—the 47-member cabinet held more surprises than the proverbial Pandora’s box. The total absence of

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  • Shadow of India, Hasina govt’s corruption, repression of BNP looms over Bangladesh polls0

    by Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty |  Sep 07,2018   BANGLADESH will go into election mode in the next few months. Democratic transfer of power in Bangladesh became the norm ever since the overthrow of military dictator General HM Ershad in 1990. The army-backed caretaker government, during 2007–2008, was an exception in Bangladesh’s democratic governance. Bangladesh has never

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  • Khaleda Zia’s jail verdict will seriously impact on 2018 elections 0

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    • February 11, 2018

    Afsan Chowdhury, February 9, 2018 Sentencing BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia to 5 years in jail triggers a fresh confrontational phase in Bangladesh politics, already deluged by hostility. It also makes the election, scheduled for December 2018, considerably uncertain about inclusive participation. Bangladesh’s experience with electoral politics has been miserable since birth and with the

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